Talisman’s flying robot component, the micro air vehicle (MAV), is being used as part of a suite of vehicles by the Royal Engineers at the forefront of counter-IED operations in Afghanistan.
The £180m unit is being used to support combat logistic patrols, to deliver supplies to bases and on the front line and to clear routes of IEDs and mines.
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The robot consists of a Mastiff 2 protected patrol vehicle, a Buffalo mine protected vehicle with a rummaging arm, a JCB high mobility engineer excavator, a micro air vehicle and a Talon tracked remote-controlled robot.
The robot has been designed to provide an increased level of assurance along routes.
The MAV uses two cameras to feed information back to a laptop enabling the commander to make better decisions in the battlefield.
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